The presentation of the archive in Zagreb will be accompanied by discursive programmes that foreground and incite local research on the history of performance. In the last few years, this has become an increasingly discussed topic, accompanied by noticeable attention in curatorial, artistic and publishing projects on both the history of performance and curating performance.

To what extent are these recent critical, curatorial and artists’ projects shaped by feminist or queer theories? How can these theories transform our understanding of writing history, or thinking about archives? These are some of the questions that the Zagreb presentation of the re.act.feminism archive will address.

Discussions and the workshops will serve as a base for introducing new additions to the re.act.feminism archive, therefore encouraging a collaborative process of curating and questioning the archive.

Photo above: “Simone Forti "Solo No. 1”, Image copyright the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank

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The participating artists as presented at the Instytut Sztuki Wyspa are:

Ebtisam Abdulaziz AE, Marina Abramović RS, Helena Almeida PT, Eleanor Antin USA, Oreet Ashery IL/UK, Antonia Baehr DE, Maja Bajević BA/FR/DE, Anne Bean UK, Anat Ben-David IL/UK, Renate Bertlmann AT, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz DE, Nisrine Boukhari SY, Marijs Boulogne BE, Tania Bruguera CU/USA, Maris Bustamante MX, Cabello/Carceller ES, Graciela Carnevale AR, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha KR/USA, Helen Chadwick UK, Chicks on Speed DE, Lygia Clark BR, Colette USA, Nieves Correa ES, Laura Cottingham USA, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen DK, Disband USA, Ines Doujak AT, Orshi Drozdik HU, Yingmei Duan CN/DE, Diamela Eltit CL, VALIE EXPORT AT, Factory of Found Clothes RU, Esther Ferrer ES, Rose Finn-Kelcey UK, Simone Forti IT/USA, (e.) Twin Gabriel DE, Regina José Galindo GT, Rimma Gerlovina & Valeriy Gerlovin RU, Patrycja German PL, Ghazel IR/FR, Kate Gilmore USA, Mona Hatoum LB/UK/DE, María Teresa Hincapié CO, Nan Hoover USA/DE, Sanja Iveković HR, Elżbieta Jabłońska PL, Françoise Janicot FR, Joan Jonas USA, Anne Jud CH/DE/USA, Kirsten Justesen DK, Kanonklubben/Damebilleder DK, Line Skywalker Karlström SE, Tina Keane UK, Amal Kenawy EG, Verica Kovacevska MK, Elena Kovylina RU, Katarzyna Kozyra PL, Christina Kubisch DE, Verena Kyselka DE, Nicola L FR/USA, Latifa Laâbissi FR, Leslie Labowitz USA, Suzanne Lacy USA, Katalin Ladik SR/HU, Sigalit Landau IL, Klara Lidén SE, Kalup Linzy USA, Natalia LL PL, Léa Lublin AR, Manon CH, Jumana Manna USA, María Evelia Marmolejo CO, Muda Mathis CH, Dóra Maurer HU, Mónica Mayer MX, Ana Mendieta CU/USA, Marta Minujín AR, Fina Miralles ES, Linda Montano USA, Charlotte Moorman USA, Teresa Murak PL, Sands Murray-Wassink NL, Rabbya Naseer & Hurmat Ul Ain PK, Lorraine O'Grady USA, Hannah O’Shea UK, Itziar Okariz ES, Yoko Ono JP/USA, ORLAN FR, Tanja Ostojić RS/DE, Gina Pane IT/FR, Letícia Parente BR, Ewa Partum PL/ DE, Jillian Peña USA, Performance Saga (Andrea Saemann CH & Katrin Grögel DE), Howardena Pindell USA, Polvo de Gallina Negra MX, Yvonne Rainer USA, Egle Rakauskaite LT, Jytte Rex DK, Ulrike Rosenbach DE, Martha Rosler USA, Boryana Rossa BU, María Ruido ES, Estíbaliz Sábada ES, Andrea Saemann CH, Zorka Ságlová CZ, Christine Schlegel DE, Cornelia Schleime DE, Carolee Schneemann USA, Miriam Sharon IL/ FR, Bonnie Ora Sherk USA, Barbara T. Smith USA, Cornelia Sollfrank DE, Spiderwoman Theater USA, Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth M. Stevens USA, Sterle HR, Gabriele Stötzer DE, Melati Suryodarmo ID/DE, Jinoos Taghizadeh IR, Milica Tomić RS, Mierle Laderman Ukeles USA, Valie Export Society EE, Cecilia Vicuña CL, The Waitresses USA, Faith Wilding USA, Hannah Wilke USA, Martha Wilson USA, Julita Wójcik PL, Nil Yalter EG/FR

Photo: Miran Kramar
Design and architecture archive modules: Matten Vogel D.O.I.

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Two student workshops led by Suzana Marjanic will address usually marginalized topics of the use of animals in performance art, as well as the link between music and performance. Starting from already existing examples from the re.act.feminism archive, the workshops will link those with more local examples and theoretical perspectives.

Friday, 4 May 2012
Zoo-scene and eat art - the performing, exhibitionary and acting animal, student workshop with Suzana Marjanic

Friday, 11 May 2012
Performative music: from bruitism to local examples of lesionism - a collage, student workshop with Suzana Marjanic

Photos: Miran Kramar

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Friday, 18 May 2012
Historicizing, re-enacting, and archiving — performance research in the local context. Discussion with Sanja Iveković, Iva Kovač & Elvis Krstulović, Sunčica Ostoić (KONTEJNER), Jelena Petrović (Living Archive), Sandra Sterle. Moderation: Ivana Bago

Photos: Miran Kramar